Christian Tamminga Explained

Christian Tamminga (born 30 April 1974 in Leiden) is a retired Dutch athlete who specialised in the pole vault. His biggest success was the sixth place at the 2001 World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 5.76 metres outdoors (1998) and 5.60 metres indoors (2002).

After retiring, he started a company manufacturing athletics equipment.[1]

Competition record

Representing the
1992World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea10thPole vault5.00 m
1993European Junior ChampionshipsSan Sebastián, Spain5thPole vault5.25 m
1995UniversiadeFukuoka, Japan5th (q)Pole vault5.30 m1
1996European Indoor ChampionshipsStockholm, Sweden19th (q)Pole vault5.20 m
1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary11thPole vault5.40 m
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada6thPole vault5.75 m
Goodwill GamesBrisbane, Australia5thPole vault5.60 m
2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, AustriaPole vaultNM
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France23rd (q)Pole vault5.35 m
2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden15thPole vault5.40 m
1No mark in the final

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tammingasports.nl/ Tammingasports webpage